Jake Westermann

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-4
Weight:
195
Hometown:
Setauket, NY
High School:
Ward Melville

What do you get when you mix together the nicest guy you haveever met, with a Long Island edge on the field, and a lacrosseintelligence that makes the entire defense better? Jake is BrownUniversity. Brown is Jake. There is nothing he would not do to makeBrown and Brown Lacrosse better. He continues to improve in theweight room in all three major lifts. He was a starter for half of2008, and a key member of the defense for the entire season. In2009, Jake will be asked to play an even bigger role leading thedefense, and his success will have much to do with our team'ssuccess...2008: Earned eight starts while playingin 12 games for the Bears...Picked-up 11 groundballs...2007: Played in all 14 games for theBears...Picked-up seven ground balls, including a season high threeground balls vs. Bellarmine...Secondary SchoolBackground: A graduate of Ward Melville High School wherehe lettered in lacrosse (2) and basketball (2)...Named toAll-County and All-Division Lacrosse Teams...Winner of the CoachesAward for Team Leadership...Played in the Suffolk CountyExceptional Senior Game...Twice a member of the top defensive uniton Long Island, yielding 4.13 goals against in 2005 and 3.75 goalsagainst in 2006...Made the All-Star teams at the Four-StarChallenge Camp and the Brown Camp...New York State Scholar-AthleteAward winner...2006 Suffolk Zone Award for outstanding achievementin physical education...Personal: The son of JohnWestermann and Lisa Arbaszewski of Setauket...Has three sisters,Jessica, Sandy and Kelly...Enjoys badminton, football, movies andmusic...US History and Undergraduate Program concentrator.